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From: "»Q«" <boxcars@×××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Peeve - finding kernel config options
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 21:41:12
Message-Id: 20140226153947.33a397c3@sepulchrave.remarqs
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Peeve - finding kernel config options by Tanstaafl
1 On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:58:44 -0500
2 Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
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4
5 > I had to find the first one (CONFIG_FHANDLE) by:
6 >
7 > 1. grepping .config, seeing it wasn't enabled,
8 > 2. running make menuconfig and searching for 'FHANDLE',
9 > 3. seeing it is located in 'General setup',
10
11 And seeing that the prompt for it is "open by fhandle syscalls".
12
13 > 4. scouring the General setup options, finding no 'FHANLDE' anywhere,
14 > 5. finding something in all lowercase named 'open by fhanlde
15 > syscalls',
16
17 The prompt we've been looking for since step 3.
18
19 > Would be nice if the news item had something like
20 > CONFIG_FHANDLE (General setup > 'open by fhandle syscalls')
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22 The menuconfig paths are subject to change, and the news item will be
23 around for a while.